The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-11-18

John Schenet, farmer of Manitowoc
County, was recently placed in jail at Mil
waukee charged with running an illicit dis
tillery 1t appeared that he had been doing
very profitable business as moonshiner
for number of years
Thirty students of the State University at
Madison were arrested few days ago for
hazing the son of professor.
The reports from the State institutions
show the number of people held in charge
Cy the State to be as follows: State Hos
pltal 1oE the Insane, Mendoza, 517; North
ern Hospital Tor the Insane, Winnebago,
651; Industrial School for Boys, Yaukesha,
343; State Prison, Vaupun, AZ; State Pub
lie School, Sparta, 100; total, 2,O6O.
The five-year-old child Of n S. Belden. Of
Durand, was burned to death the other
day The child's dress caught Sre from
hot poker.
MICHIGAN.
At Howell few days ago Dr.. W. ". Waite,
of Brighton, who was convicted of causing
the death of Ida May Lee was sentenced to
the State prison at Jackson for five years -
Dell Shakespeare, Walter Closternan and
John Hoedemaker were hunting ducks the
other forenoon ON Long lake near Kalama--
zoo, when the boat was overturned and the,
latter two were drowned
recent fire destroyed house at Harris
vile belonging to Henry Stockton, poor,
man, and by the evening of the next day,
generous neighbors had subscribed enough
money to build him a comfortable home:
young man living near Marshall was re-
Gently married to the daughter of widower
and few days later his sister was married
to the girls father, thus making his own
sister his mother-in-law.
John White and James Wells wealthy
farmers OF Amboy township, fought the
other night, and Wells struck his opponent
with club killing him almost instantly
Adam Stemes, a wealthy resident of
Houghton, was caught in the fly-wheel Of
the Calumet mill at Lake Linden a few
days ago and instantly killed.
l. d. Loss, foreman of the white lead
works at Detroit was caught in belt the
other day and before the machinery could
be stopped was mass of broken bones
A new law that has recently gone into
effectrequires sheriffs and deputies to record
the history of all felons under their charge
as far as possible, and attach photographs
OF the men to the same 1t establishes o.
'rogues gallery" in every sheriffs office
Wyandotte is excited over the striking of
natural gas at depth of fifteen hundred
feet
An attempt was recently made to wreck a
passenger train near Menominee by placing
cordwood on the track, but the engineer
discovered the obstruction in time to pre-
vent a catastrophe.
Chief-of Police Winney, of Jackson, has
declared war on the gambling places in that
city.
Louis Maquis, a sailo- arrested at Chey--
boygan last winter and placed in jail on a.
charge of larceny, broke from his prison in
, the spring Late the other night the sheriff
went on board the schooner Belle Hans
comb end found the escaped prisoner He
was locked up
J. A. Bacot a prominent citizen of Hayes
township, Charlevoix County, took Paris
green by mistake recently and died in a
short time.
The Grand Rapids Board of Trade was for
maliy organized the other night President
George G. Briggs; Secretary, H. D. c. Van
asmus.
Joseph H. Chandler, Of Chicago, few
| days ago secured Michigan State deed to
forty acres of swamp land, which embrace
the ground of the Calumet & kecla Mining
| Company. The filing of the document
| created a great sensation at HCughton
Lawyers do not think he has a cha oce OF
getting the property.